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The Complete Guide to All the Taquerias of Redwood City, v2.0
(2008)
Author : Xcelerate
Score : 77 points
Date : 2023-04-12 09:28 UTC (13 hours ago)
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| JoeAltmaier wrote:
| Ok I ate at the #1 on the list, by accident, when I spent a
| couple months in Redwood City two years ago. Just looking for
| tacos, bought and ate in my car. Socks knocked off, under the
| impression since then that Redwood City Taquerias were all that
| good. But I was just lucky!
| samcheng wrote:
| They're not ALL that good, but there is indeed a wide roster of
| quality taquerias in the area.
| pigscantfly wrote:
| El Grullense Grill (Woodside and Gordon, #2 in TFA) is the
| taqueria GOAT; I stop there every time I find myself in the south
| bay around lunch or dinner. My roommate and I ate there 3-4
| nights each week in grad school. Amazing public service for taco-
| lovers here!
| deebosong wrote:
| If I may inquire, what are some notable differences between the
| Grullenses on the list?
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| Does it boil down to "some locations just taste better than
| others"?
| pigscantfly wrote:
| Hard to pin down precisely, but the tacos are better and more
| consistent in my opinion than eg. the Grullenses on El Camino
| in Redwood City and Palo Alto. It's also a bigger spot with
| murals, nicer seating, full salsa bar, and usually some
| people watching games around the bar. Just a great spot to
| stop in!
| deebosong wrote:
| Appreciate the insight! Consistency is a big one.
| iancmceachern wrote:
| It's not in Redwood City, but nearby San Carlos, but its one of
| the best if not best I've eaten at El Maguey El Maguey
| https://maps.app.goo.gl/gZknRNLDkrfRW9kq6
| retrocryptid wrote:
| Admittedly, it's a Peruvian restaurant, and not really a
| taqueria, but an honorable mention for Estampas Peruanas on El
| Camino would have been nice. Most of my friends loathe this
| place, but I love it.
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| Also, a shout-out for the memory of Viva Mexico! whose remains
| lie under the Box offices. They only killed two patrons, but had
| some very nice Tex Mex style food. (An investigation found their
| kitchen was fine, but their meat supplier was unwholesome.)
| baremetal wrote:
| Oh man I remember 1) Taqueria El Grullense, 1280 El Camino Real
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| El grue.
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| Used to go there almost everyday at lunch with friends back
| around the time this article was written.
| 55555 wrote:
| They don't make websites like this anymore.
| bovermyer wrote:
| We do, but they're harder to discover through mainstream search
| engines.
| dkasper wrote:
| They do though. They are just drowned out in a sea of
| blogspam/marketing and (recently) ai generated content.
| causi wrote:
| My god it's satisfying to look at a web page that's 100%
| useful, curated content. No overhyped clickbait nonsense, no
| social media garbage, no "partner content".
| NoZebra120vClip wrote:
| No pesky TLS certificates get in the way of ISP-injected
| advertisements
| sublinear wrote:
| In 2023 I'm at the point where I'm convinced that people
| who deliberately host websites unencrypted are in on a much
| more interesting conspiracy than mere stubborn libertarian-
| ish "not my problem" whining.
| sbuccini wrote:
| I think this is one of the best ways to get to know a city. I did
| a similar survey of the most popular cheeseburgers in SF a few
| years back and it was a blast spending an afternoon exploring a
| new neighborhood after a great lunch. Black Sands Brewery's
| burger was my favorite, RIP.
|
| The stealth taqueria in the back of the mercado is a good tip,
| especially in places like the South where "Mexican restaurant"
| means something else entirely.
| concerned_ wrote:
| [flagged]
| jzellis wrote:
| If the man don't eat no pork, and therefore no al pastor, this
| list is suspect, because al pastor is the finest thing ever
| invented by humans.
|
| Still a good and worthy effort, though. <3
| jonstewart wrote:
| Yes I can't disagree but also cochinita pibil.
| iancmceachern wrote:
| Totally, you gotta try Al Pastor Papi in SF!
| ROTMetro wrote:
| Tacos Moreno's Al Pastor in Santa Cruz was like 50% of the
| reason I made trips back home.
| uoaei wrote:
| I still think about the wet chimichanga at Los Pinos from
| time to time.
| jjulius wrote:
| Al pastor + Secret Aardvark is the holiest of hot sauce/food
| combinations, IMO.
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| Edit: Tripa is also a "must" at a taco stand for me. Extra
| crispy is the way to go.
| nukeslu wrote:
| if you're using sauce with a label you're at the wrong
| taqueria
| jjulius wrote:
| OK? I actually agree with the general sentiment. I just
| happen to quite enjoy that combo and while I do enjoy
| taqueria sauces, I just haven't found any that have paired
| _quite_ as well as that.
| retrocryptid wrote:
| It's not meat and it's not in redwood city, but taqueria la
| espuela in mountain view has amazing veggie burritos.
|
| Amazing because I'm not vegetarian and it's still my favorite
| dish on their very decent menu.
| dkasper wrote:
| 100% agreed, especially for tacos. For burritos carne asada is
| also top tier in my book.
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| pfd1986 wrote:
| Back when I lived in the bay area I loved doing a "tour de taco",
| biking from Palo Alto to SF and stopping at every taco place in
| the path, for a taco. Recommended.
| m0llusk wrote:
| Ah, yes, Mi Hacienda at 895 2nd Ave. It is a particularly
| colorful location as there is a bar in another unit in the same
| building that often gets cops called to reel in the brawling.
| This is one of the few food places where I have ever had staff
| mess with my order. I ordered a plate of three basic tacos from
| the top of the menu and they laughed and exchanged rude jokes in
| Spanish which they assumed I did not understand and then served
| me a single taco with a strange mix of ingredients and no meat.
| Really do not recommend this place unless you are into local
| color and are prepared to order in Spanish and come across as the
| sort of person who is worthy of a plate of three tacos whatever
| that might entail.
| uoaei wrote:
| There is more to that story but we will never get it.
| tough wrote:
| you're worthy of three tacos ser, fuck those bastards
| inasio wrote:
| Awesome page, but what the hell, no pork is a hard constraint,
| lots of awesome pork tacos (cochinta, carnitas, suadero,
| chicharron...).
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| One subtlety about Mexican tacos that is lost in other countries
| is that there are different taco types for different times of the
| day. Lamb barbacoa tacos (not to be confused with Jalisco-style
| beef barbacoa), pork carnitas and chicharon are definitely
| morning/lunch, whereas pastor and suadero tacos are more an
| evening taco. Northern style beef tacos, and Yucatan-style
| cochinita are more for lunch (Mexican lunch is the main meal,
| often around 2-3pm)
| thenewwazoo wrote:
| This list is pretty woefully out of date, even if it's an
| excellent snapshot in time of a Redwood City that once was. We
| moved to RWC in '10, and it has changed a lot. Gentrification of
| the Little Michoacan area has begun in earnest (hi! we bought in
| NFO), and the downtown area's light-industrial flavor has been
| nearly eliminated in favor of 1+5 apartments (of which I am a
| _huge_ fan).
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| Taquerias have come and gone since this list was written. I just
| got back from Mexico, perhaps I should undertake to do it
| myself...
| schoen wrote:
| Compare https://burritoeater.com/main.php (a similar project on
| an even larger scale in a different city).
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